La extensa experiencia de Long en montañismo y viajes por el Himalaya informa frecuentemente su escritura, que también se nutre de su trabajo como albañil, periodista, historiador y guionista. Sus narrativas a menudo incorporan elementos argumentales profundamente arraigados en la historia religiosa o en percepciones populares de eventos sagrados, lo que confiere a su obra una textura intelectual y espiritual distintiva. Estas diversas experiencias profesionales y geográficas dotan a su prosa de perspectivas únicas y detalles ricos. Su escritura explora la intersección de la creencia, la historia y la condición humana.
Reuniting with his former climbing partner to recreate their ascent of the world's greatest monolith, Hugh Glass remembers their former wives and is caught up in a dangerous rescue effort to save three young women who suffered an accident on a neighboring climb. By the author of The Reckoning. Reprint.
/ 9789085191704 / / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 21 x 14 cm / 425 .pp /
Die tückische dunkle Seite des Mount Everest ist der Schauplatz dieses abenteuerlichen Thrillers, die Geschichte von zehn Männern und zwei Frauen, die sich dem ultimativen Gipfel stellen. Der Aufstieg ist die höchste Prüfung körperlicher und emotionaler Disziplin. Doch der Berg, in seiner überirdischen, mit Eis bedeckten Schönheit, bietet zwei der Kletterer ein besonderes Versprechen der Befreiung von einer belastenden Vergangenheit.
In Tibet, while guiding trekkers to a holy mountain, Ike Crockett discovers a bottomless cave. When his lover disappears, Ike pursues her into the depths of the earth....In a leper colony bordering the Kalahari Desert, a nun named Ali von Schade unearths evidence of a proto-human species and a deity called Older-than-Old....In Bosnia, Major Elias Branch crash-lands his gunship near a mass grave and is swarmed by pale cannibals terrified of light.... So begins mankind's realization that the underworld is a vast geological labyrinth riddling the continents and seabeds, one inhabited by brutish creatures who resemble the devils and gargoyles of legend. With all of Hell's precious resources and territories to be won, a global race ensues. Nations, armies, religions, and industries rush to colonize and exploit the subterranean frontier. Fathom by fathom, Ike guides an expedition -- and Ali -- deeper into the deadly wilderness. In the dark underground, as humanity falls away from them, the scientists and mercenaries find themselves prey not only to the savage creatures, but to their own treachery mutiny, and greed. Meanwhile, on the surface, a band of aged scholars scours for clues to Satan's existence. Is he lurking in wait for the expedition, or is he roaming the earth? One thing is certain: Miles inside the earth, evil is very much alive.